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William Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock's work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision of his favorite Oscar Wilde quote, "Each man kills the thing he loves," with the quintessentially American philosophy, articulated in Emerson's writings, that gave classical Hollywood movies of the New Deal era their extraordinary combination of popularity and artistic seriousness.<br> <br> A Hitchcock thriller could be a comedy of remarriage or a melodrama of an unknown woman, both Em

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Author

Emerson, Ralph Waldo;Hitchcock, Alfred;Rothman, William

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231166034

Category

art

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Performing Arts

Updated

2026-03-25